Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a quick shift to virtual speech-language services; however, only a small percentage of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) had previously engaged in telepractice. The purpose of this clinical tutorial is: (1) to describe how the Early Language and Literacy Acquisition in Children with Hearing Loss…

The current mixed-methods study examined everyday problems among deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) adolescents across various life domains. To better understand the factors influencing levels of perceived stress, the impact of DHH adolescents' coping and pragmatic abilities was also examined. Thirty DHH adolescents completed questionnaires about…

Background: Newborn hearing screening, early intervention programs, and advancements in cochlear implant and hearing aid technology have greatly increased opportunities for children with hearing loss to become intelligible talkers. Optimizing speech intelligibility requires that progress be monitored closely. Although direct assessment of…

In this descriptive, longitudinal study, phonological patterns (i.e., natural phonological processes) were examined in a set of conversational speech samples obtained from six young children fitted with cochlear implants. Both developmental and non-developmental patterns were observed. This is consistent with findings from previous studies of the…

The speech production performance of 16 hearing-impaired subjects (13-19 years old) was measured using both experienced and inexperienced listeners. Results demonstrate that forced-choice tests can provide speech production measures that are virtually independent of listener experience, can provide analytic detail about production of phonetic…

A new method of examining vocal fold closure during phonation is described. The visual display of speech obtained is shown to be useful in speech training of the deaf. (KW)

A 22-question interview was conducted with 41 severely hearing impaired students at tht National Technical Institute for the Deaf in order to compare speech intelligibility in communicating social and technical information and in responses which varied in message predictability. (Author/PHR)

A rationale for improving speech diagnosis within the hearing impaired population is presented. An instructional program to improve diagnosis is described. Measures of the validity and reliability of the training materials were secured from 15 speech/language pathologists experienced in working with young hearing impaired adults. (Author)

Sixteen measures thought to be related to the intelligibility of speech of hearing impaired children were examined with 42 deaf children (aged 4 to 19). Results indicated that intelligibility of speech was correlated with several parameters not conventionally used in speech assessment (breath control, suprasegmental perception and production,…

This study compared the relationship between acoustic parameters and listeners' perceptions of intonation contours produced by 12 children (ages 7-14) either with severe-to-profound hearing impairments (HI) or normal-hearing (NH). The HI children's productions were generally similar to the NH children in that they used fundamental frequency,…

Programs (N=182) providing speech assessment services to hearing-impaired children were surveyed. Frequency of use scores and rankings are reported for test instruments frequently used for assessment at the infant, preschool, primary, and secondary educational levels. Domains tested and stimulus response demands of the instruments are discussed.…

A model is presented which incorporates components of perception, production, and cognitive-linguistic processing in the assessment and daily treatment of speech in hearing impaired students. Assessment and treatment factors are detailed. (CL)